Cooking Techniques: Greek Chicken-Lemon Soup

Use this recipe for the Greek Chicken Lemon Soup  here: http://www.californiagreekgirl.com/?p=3463

Wash and remove insides of chicken with cold water. Place chicken in a pot filled with cold water, add carrot, and onion.
Cook on simmer for 2 hours. Skim foam or fat from top.

Strain broth and return to pot. Bring to a boil.

Add orzo and reduce heat to medium and cook for twenty minutes or until orzo is soft. Remove the soup from the heat.

Gather the ingredients for the sauce. Juice the lemons.  Beat the eggs, add the lemon juice slowly, add the broth slowly.

Beat the eggs, add the  lemon juice slowly, add the broth slowly.

Pour the egg-lemon sauce into the broth.

Add the chicken pieces. Add extra pepper and lemon juice. Taste for seasonings.

Add 1/2 the chicken, more pepper, and lemon juice for garnish.

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